Cabinet AGREED to adopt the following Charging Policy and that it be included in the Council’s Publication Scheme:
PUBLICATION SCHEME
CHARGING POLICY
A vast amount of information that the Council publishes can be downloaded from the website free of charge. Where a printed copy is requested, the information will normally be supplied free or at a nominal cost to cover printing, photocopying and postage.
Standard charges for printing and photocopying
Photocopying |
Black & White |
A3 |
15p per sheet |
Photocopying |
Black & White |
A4 |
10p per sheet |
Photocopying |
Colour |
A3 A4 |
60p per sheet 50p per sheet |
Printing |
Black & White |
A3 |
15p per sheet |
Printing |
Black & White |
A4 |
10p per sheet |
Printing |
Colour Colour |
A3 A4 |
60p per sheet 50p per sheet |
CDs |
Electronic Data |
N/A |
30p per CD |
Microfiche/Microfilm |
N/A |
N/A |
10p per frame |
Converting to electronic format |
N/A |
N/A |
Incurred costs – varies |
Converting to microfiche or microfilm |
N/A |
N/A |
Incurred costs – varies |
Non-Standard & Statutory charges
Copies of some official publications are available on payment of a fixed charge or fee. For example, some publications held by Development Services fall into this category. A list of such publications and charges will be published in due course. In the meantime, please contact the relevant service provider within the Council for details of any such charges.
Where the Council sets non-standard charges or fees (as opposed to charges set by statute), it will do so only where it can demonstrate that there is good reason for it to do so, and in considering whether any such reason exists, it will:
(i) take due regard of government guidance; and
(ii) disregard any costs, including staff costs, associated with the maintenance of the information in question or its identification or extraction from storage; and
(iii) disregard any factors beyond the number and size of sheets to be copied.
Access to unpublished information under Freedom of Information Act, Environmental Information Regulations & Data Protection Act
Any printing or copying charges associated with access requests for unpublished information under the above legislation shall be charged in accordance with that legislation and official government guidance. Please refer to the Council’s Freedom of Information Policy & Procedure Guide.